2006, Volume 13, Issue 05, pages 301-372

The many advances made in treating myocardial infarction and coronary artery disease has brought a new challenge – that of refractory angina. This is defined...

Patent foramen ovale (PFO) is defined as a communication at the fossa ovalis between the primum and secundum atrial septa that persists after the first...

Recent presentations at the joint meeting of the European Society of Cardiology and World Congress of Cardiology in Barcelona, Spain, highlighted the potential problem of...

The 2006 Congress of the European Society of Cardiology joined with the World Heart Federation’s XVth World Congress of Cardiology this year and was held...

Big trouble in little Britain The recent 20th Annual Medical and Scientific Meeting of H.E.A.R.T UK focussed on obesity, cardiovascular disease and diet. Here Helen...

Lifestyle modifications are an essential initial approach to the management of blood pressure. To review the current evidence in this area, The British Journal of...

We continue our series in which consultant interventionist Dr Michael Norell takes a sideways look at life in the cath lab... and beyond. In this...

Most doctors have only heard of Ernest Starling through his law of the heart, although this was not a particularly important part of his research...

Excretion of excess urinary albumin is a marker of generalised endothelial dysfunction and both progressive renal disease and cardiovascular events in those with and without...

The aim of this study was to assess whether the use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) affected blood pressure control in patients with essential hypertension...

The aim of this study was to understand patients’ satisfaction with the Angina Plan (AP). Comments from the satisfaction questionnaire help us to understand why...